This week in 1883, Krakatoa, a volcano on an uninhabited island between Sumatra and Java, violently erupted. Volcanic dust spewed into the atmosphere. Huge tsunami waves swept across the region.

Dive into the astounding world of sound and explore the loudest noise ever recorded - the eruption of Krakatoa in 1883. From the humble ... 310dB produced by this volcanic explosion, discover ...

In the quiet Vasse district of WA, the evening of 27 August 1883 ... Krakatoa volcano erupted with such immense force, it shattered the island and sent shockwaves racing around the globe. The ...

THE inquiry, instituted in consequence of a Government resolution of October 4, 1883, into tne nature, the extent, and the consequences of the volcanic eruptions of Krakatoa, has led to various ...

Anak Krakatau, a volcanic island in Indonesia, experienced a cataclysmic eruption in 1883 that destroyed the island of Krakatoa and created the caldera—a large depression formed when a volcano e ...

August 1883 saw the world tremble with the eruption of Krakatau, a volcano in the Sunda Strait connecting the Java Sea and the Indian Ocean. The Krakatau eruption had an explosive force of a ...

On August 26, 1883, the first of several eruptions began around 1 p.m. By 2 p.m., an ash cloud rose about 17 miles over Krakatoa. At 10 a.m. the following day — August 27 — the volcano gave way and ...

The eruption of Anak Krakatoa that triggered a deadly tsunami on Saturday has a historic precedent in the eruption of the larger Krakatoa volcano in 1883. At least 429 have died and 1,300 have ...

Yet despite its infamy, the 1883 eruption was a rather modest ... by steam from boiling seawater that got inside the volcano. Put simply, the trapped gas pressure helped lower the overall strength of ...

Prambada said the volcano’s alert status remained ... of the last century in the caldera formed after the 1883 eruption of Mount Krakatoa. That disaster was one of the deadliest and most ...